“A compelling description of the process of addiction.” — Joseph Frascella, National Institute on Drug Abuse

“A poignant, compassionate, and humorous page-turner.” — Joan Ifland, Refined Food Addiction Research Foundation

Above: a contemporary photo; Below: the "before" picture.

I had a fat and troubled childhood that lasted almost 35 years. Then I started to understand that I might have a more substantial problem than just being a weak, slovenly misfit. I started getting standard addiction treatment, and now I'm approaching 20 years in a normal-sized body. In that time, public acceptance of food addiction has barely moved, and insurance support for treatment has regressed.

Both of those need to change, and my story tells why. I'm no diet guru, and this isn't a diet book, but if I escaped more than a decade above 300 pounds, lots of others can find relief too. That's why I'm writing, to pass ideas to others as they were shared with me.

Publication has been moved to the fall, for strategic reasons. If you want to be notified when the book is published, please leave word here.

Or just return here soon: In addition to being for sale, the book will be available for free download. Though I'm investing money, as well as five years-plus of writing time, it's more important to me that the ideas get out than we recoup our investment.

You can read a chapter for free here, at scribd.com.

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